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Tips to Celebrate Halloween
Many families have their doubts about celebrating Halloween. For some, the practice of trick-or-treating is seen as yet another invasion by American culture. For others,…
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Myth-busting: annulment and divorce
Back in 1997, and after about two years of waiting, I received a decree of nullity, which is more commonly known as an ‘annulment’. This…
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An important conversation
Jesus Christ is Emmanuel, ‘God with us’. And as the body of Christ the Church also needs to remain with, embrace and guide people in…
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The Catholic Hospital
Why do so many people feel excluded by the Church–especially those who are divorced and remarried–and what can we do about it? Missing the Mission…
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Sharing Faith through words & song
Two artists explain the ways in which they feel called to evangelise beyond their own parish or family. Fr Rob Galea Fr Rob Galea is…
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How my children teach me about God
At the breakfast table last week our four-year-old says to me, “Mum, I had a dream last night, that Jesus smashed into the earth and…
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Parents: ‘first heralds’ of the faith
When it comes to passing on the faith to our children, parents are the first educators and heralds. When we think of education, we usually…
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A Modern Miracle
Kathleen Evan’s miraculous cure from cancer was declared to be the second miracle required for the canonisation to the status of a saint in 2010.…
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Meeting needs today
Probably the most well-known saying of St Mary MacKillop is, “Never see a need without doing something about it”. – MM. (1871). The ongoing legacy…
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A life of Service: St Mary Mack for kids
When Alexander and Flora MacKillop welcomed their first baby, Mary Helen, into the world in the bedroom of their little house in Melbourne they must…
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Healing our Children’s Nature Deficit
The shift in our relationship to the natural world is startling, even in settings that one would assume are devoted to nature. Not that long…
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On the Care of Our Common Home
Like a sister or mother – our earth “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful…
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